Help Me, Harlan!

By Harlan Cohen

Help Me, Harlan! is a bold, compassionate and humor-filled nationally syndicated twice weekly advice column written by a man. Harlan Cohen, one of the world’s only male syndicated advice columnists, has more than 15 years of expertise in exposing and exploring everything on the minds of younger readers in search of answers.

Harlan Cohen

Harlan Cohen is the best-selling author of a half-dozen books, a professional speaker, a musician, and one of the most widely read and respected male syndicated advice columnists in the country. Harlan is the best-selling author of the books The Happiest Kid on Campus (Sourcebooks), Dad’s Pregnant Too! (Sourcebooks), The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College (Sourcebooks), and Campus Life Exposed: Advice from the Inside (Peterson’s). His newest book, Naked Dating: Five Steps to Finding the Love of Your Life (While Fully Clothed and Totally Sober) was released in April 2012 by St. Martin’s Press.

Harlan has been featured as an expert offering advice in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition, Real Simple, Seventeen, Psychology Today, and hundreds of other newspapers and publications. King Features Syndicate distributes his “Help Me, Harlan!” advice column worldwide. Harlan is a frequent guest on television programs across the country and has been a guest on hundreds of radio programs.

Harlan is a professional speaker who has visited more than 400 college campuses. He is an expert who addresses teen issues, college life, parenting, pregnancy, dating, relationships, sex/no sex, rejection, risk taking, leadership, women’s issues, and a variety of other topics. Harlan is the founder of the websites: HappiestKidonCampus.com, NakedRoommate.com, DadsPregnant.com and HelpMeHarlan.com.

He is the producer, lead singer, and musician on his album, Fortunate Accidents. He is also the founder and president of Risk/Rejection Awareness Week (February 7–14 annually) and the International Risk-Taking Project. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two young children. In his spare time, he likes to smile and laugh or laugh and smile, or just smile and laugh at the same time (he also likes to do this while working).